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Electric School Buses Win Big in US State Legislative Sessions

The City Fix

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses. In.

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Five ways that life science companies can build tech talent

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

For life science companies to meet their digital ambitions, they must strengthen their technology skills. In a challenging market, emphasizing value propositions can attract first-rate talent.

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CT workforce office wins $24 million American Rescue Plan grant

The Whistle Post

CT Mirror – Erica E. Phillips. August 3, 2022. Connecticut’s Office of Workforce Strategy will receive $24 million in federal funding to expand job training programs that have struggled to meet demand amid a shortage of skilled workers in the state. The OWS was one of 32 recipients selected for the Commerce Department’s $500 million “Good Jobs Challenge” program, funded through the American Rescue Plan and administered by Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.

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Introduction to Nonprofit Program Budgets

Grant Writing Made Easy

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. Of all the topics I teach inside the course, the budget is the one that students have the most anxiety and confusion around. (By the way, if you’re not a member of GWME, you should get on the waitlist to get updated when enrollment opens!). So this week, I want to share some advice that will help you crack the code on nonprofit program budgets.

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The Ultimate Playground Inspection Handbook

Dive into the world of playground safety with this complimentary guide. It offers a detailed exploration of essential practices to ensure the utmost safety for children. Delve into inspection techniques, from assessing equipment conditions to evaluating surfacing materials. Gain insights into maintenance strategies to keep playgrounds in top-notch condition year-round.

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Your Guide to Effectively Promoting Community Engagement Initiatives

Social Pinpoint

You might have planned your community engagement initiative perfectly, but if people aren’t aware of it, it’s impossible for them to engage. This Guide will walk you through an integrated communications plan. The post Your Guide to Effectively Promoting Community Engagement Initiatives appeared first on Social Pinpoint - A Place to Engage Your Community.

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CISA: Active Shooter Preparedness Webinar

Disaster Zone blog

Someone please send this to Texas.

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Donate Money, Not Stuff, to Disaster Victims in Kentucky

Disaster Zone blog

Up to 60 percent of goods donated during times of disaster go to waste.

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Rules of the road: Equitably serving Black automotive consumers

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Black consumers’ automotive spending is projected to grow, and companies have opportunities to create more equitable experiences.

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FEMA Won’t Pay for Heat Disasters — for Now

Disaster Zone blog

There will be funding in the future, trust me!

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Mapping the way: Decarbonizing roads

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Road developers and operators have a unique position in the transport industry and can enable significant change around lowering emissions.

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7 Signs Your Local Government ERP Is Holding You Back: A Guide for Small Municipalities

Local governments and municipalities serving populations under 200,000 face distinctive challenges in delivering efficient and effective services to their communities. To overcome these challenges, many rely on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems tailored to their specific needs. Not all ERP systems are created equal, and some may hinder progress rather than support it.

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Two Americorps Positions: Washington State

Disaster Zone blog

King County (Seattle area) has two openings.

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DHL on sustainable, customer-centric delivery in the last mile

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Deutsche Post DHL’s head of sustainability for German Post and Parcel discusses how the logistics industry can work to decarbonize road transportation and meet consumer expectations.

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Let’s Put This Big Question To Rest Once and for All: Sending Marketing Emails to Your Library Patrons Is NOT an Invasion of Privacy!

Super Library Marketing

Watch the Episode Now. The Library Marketing???????? Show, Episode 153: In this episode, I will try to put to rest a question that continues to permeate the library marketing world. Libraries are defenders of truth, democracy, and privacy. And in that noble quest, they sometimes hurt themselves by repeating the false myth that they cannot send emails to their patrons because it’s an invasion of privacy.

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Disrupting transport: An interview with Robert Falck of Einride

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Einride’s founder and CEO discusses how autonomous technology and digital infrastructure can decarbonize the difficult-to-abate freight industry.

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Sustainable Facility Maintenance Management for Small Local Governments

Unlock the potential of sustainable facility management! This guide empowers small local governments to lead with climate-resilient infrastructure, energy efficiency, waste reduction, and more. Elevate your community's resilience, reduce costs, and embrace eco-friendly practices. Discover the role of facility maintenance teams in green cleaning, sustainability analyses, and infrastructure upgrades.

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Webinars: Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Heat Vulnerability

Disaster Zone blog

NASA-supplied heat maps.

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Introduction: August 2022

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Sustainable infrastructure investments in freight transport are growing—and new innovations and markets are paving the road to the future.

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SmartCar as a city car

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Mercedes produced SmartCar has been discontinued, because the company is undertaking different initiatives to meet US fleet mileage requirements. This car was used in the Car2Go one way car sharing program that Mercedes launched in the North America and Europe. It was a great program but in reality, would only work in a few places (" Car2Go dying: further effects from the rise of ride hailing and damage to the sustainable mobility platform/mobility as a service paradigm "), so it could never

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News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: August 2022

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Voices on Infrastructure, which focuses on technology and sustainability in freight transport.

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ASPA TIMES Magazine: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

PA TIMES Magazine is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a not-for-profit corporation. This edition focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in public administration, including guest columns, insights for the field and interviews with city government DEI officers about their work at the local level.

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Building CitizenLab’s Community of Practice

Citizen Lab

For the last several years, CitizenLab has been working to build a community. Over the course of those years, we had the privilege of convening hundreds of clients at meetings and feedback rounds to gather their input on our platform and around the idea of online community engagement more broadly. That need to centralize and share relevant knowledge, to advise and inspire,… The post Building CitizenLab’s Community of Practice appeared first on CitizenLab's Blog.

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Insights into the 2022 individual health insurance market

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

In this report, McKinsey’s Center for US Health System Reform shares its analysis of the individual health insurance market and outlines trends in products, plans, and prices from 2014 to 2022.

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Firefighters Efficiently Manage Mobile Devices While Saving Lives

State Tech Magazine

Tennessee’s Memphis Fire Department has 57 fire stations, each with its own printers, computers and other IT gear. The department also owns and operates 250 Panasonic Toughbooks and 350 Apple iPads, recently adopting new mobile technology to augment its traditional radios. But the MFD has only four IT support professionals. A service call can mean an hour in the car, assuming the troublesome equipment is in a fire station and not, in the case of mobile devices, in a truck or ambulance somewhere.

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Managing capital risk in the race to net zero

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

How the Great Reallocation of energy and infrastructure investments is driving new strategies for managing uncertainty and risk.

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Proactive vs Reactive Maintenance: Making the Case for Preparedness

Discover comprehensive strategies for optimizing operations and achieving cost efficiency! This document offers insights into efficient inspections, data-driven decision-making, goal alignment, and resource optimization. It empowers local governments and maintenance departments to streamline operations and ensure significant cost savings. From aligning maintenance goals with community needs to leveraging data for strategic planning, this guide provides a roadmap for smoother, more reliable opera

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Innovative Ways to Deal with Traffic Congestion & Road Funding

NLC (National League of Cities)

Excess traffic congestion on America’s roadways costs drivers more than $88 billion a year or $1,377 for every driver on the road. These costs come from a combination of factors including loss of time, pollution and safety.

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Unlocking hydrogen’s power for long-haul freight transport

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

As the demand for hydrogen in transportation increases, it is imperative to develop infrastructure to supply trucks, buses, and cars.

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CA and NJ Students Led the Nation in CyberStart Scholarships

California Department of Technology

August 3, 2022 – Last fall, Governor Newsom called on students and teachers across the state to participate in CyberStart America, a national online game that enables high school students to discover their talents and build real-world cybersecurity skills. As they have in past years, California students answered that call, more than doubling student participation compared to last year.

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Can Vietnamese banks seize the green-bond opportunity?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

The market for financing climate-related projects through green bonds is surging, but Vietnamese banks need to act quickly to reap the rewards.

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Facility Maintenance Trends for 2024: What's Changing in the Industry?

This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored. Insights into outsourcing collaborations, digital twins, safety enhancements, and the broader industry evolution highlight the critical adaptation needed.

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California Redefines State Technology Procurement

California Department of Technology

August 3, 2022 – California has come a long way since the days when the state would establish detailed requirements, define a narrow solution, and provide a maze-like set of criteria for technology vendors to meet—a process that could last several months to a year or more. No longer. IT modernization has created a culture shift that invites in the vendor community as a partner to find the best solution – together!

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Five must-know security and compliance features in Cloud Logging

Google Public Sector

As enterprise and public sector cloud adoption continues to accelerate, having an accurate picture of who did what in your cloud environment is important for security and compliance purposes. Logs are critical when you are attempting to detect a breach, investigating ongoing security issues, or performing forensic investigations. These five must-know Cloud Logging security and compliance features can help customers create logs to best conduct security audits.

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CDT Announces a Sizzling Summer of Training!

California Department of Technology

August 3, 2022 – The Office of Professional Development (OPD) has a lot of exciting training news to share. The Information Security Leadership Academy (ISLA) kicked off August 3 with 28 students from state and local government. ISLA is a rigorous 9-week program aimed at preparing the state’s security workforce for the critical roles of Information Security Officer, Agency Information Security Officer, or an expanded role within their department’s security office.

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Switch to Online Increased Public Employee Learning

California Department of Technology

By Brenda Bridges Cruz. Deputy Director, Office of Professional Development. August 3, 2022 – As we continue to build a first-rate training program, we keep in mind the important lesson that problems are meant to be overcome and there’s always an opportunity to refine and improve our trainings. During the pandemic, CDT’s Office of Professional Development was forced to cancel in-progress and scheduled on-site training and quickly find an alternative.

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Efficiency and Sustainability: Leveraging Digital Solutions in Facility Operations

Speaker: Alan Kavanaugh, BA, CRM, CCPI ​​​​​​​Director of Loss Control & Risk Management

This session is designed to unveil the transformative potential of digital solutions in reshaping conventional practices, offering a roadmap towards greener and more efficient facilities regardless of municipality size. Attendees will learn: Insights into cutting-edge trends and strategies in sustainable facility management. Practical knowledge to effectively incorporate digital solutions for operational efficiency.